close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
interval between the waves; gap between waves
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
while; even though; despite
emotionally uplifting; stirring
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
vajra (indestructible substance); diamond; adamantine; thunderbolt; Indra's weapon; Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
ship's captain; skipper; length of a ship; boatman
(period of) a year; during an era
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to be talked about; to get a name for oneself; to get publicity
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that